I created this blog to chronicle my progress on the P90X fitness program. If my experience helps you out that is great but like most things I do I have selfish reasons. I figure if I blog my progress here and distribute this to various people then I am less likely to cheat or not complete the program.
Since I did P90X this has evolved into more of a general fitness blog but may still be useful to some. The P90X stuff is still here but lately I am doing crossfit.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Keep pushing, it is only a little pain

Good article in the NY Times about working through pain. This can be a real problem for those not used to doing it or who have never been pushed to do it. It takes being pushed for most people to realize their bodies are capable of much more than they think and all they have to do is ignore the discomfort and keep pushing, it will end eventually and then you can relax and the pain will be gone. Just learn to recognize the difference between injury and normal workout pain. Once you realize you can do just about anything for 30 seconds it then becomes easy to take the next step to a minute...